9.58 seconds for 100 m 19.19 seconds for 200 m
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Michael Phelps has never swum competitively in the 50 m distance. All of his gold medals were 100 m, 200 m, or 400 m. He holds the world record in the 100 m butterfly at 49.82 seconds, and swam an unofficial record 49.72 second butterfly relay leg in 2009.
Mark Spitz set a new world record in each of seven events, of those, four individual and three team events (the 100 m freestyle, 200 m freestyle, 100 m butterfly, 200 m butterfly, 4 x 100 m freestyle relay, 4 x 200 m freestyle relay and 4 x 100 m medley relay).
9.58 seconds for 100 m 19.19 seconds for 200 m
Florence Griffith-Joyner holds the women's world record in the 100 meter dash at 10.49 set in 1988.Florence Griffith-Joyner is the fastest female 100 m runner in the world. She set the record of 10.49 seconds on July 16, 1988.
Officially, the fastest living human is Usain Bolt of Jamaica. He holds the world's 100 m record of 9.58 seconds and the 200 m record of 19.19 seconds. His 4 x 100 m team also holds the world record of 37.10 seconds.
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Austin Crawford (Dallas, Texas) 50 meter dash world record: 4.98 second
the turtle crawled 100 m in 40 minutes?
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The fastest man in the 100m sprint is Jamaica's Usain Bolt, with a 9.58s finish at Berlin, Germany, August 16, 2009.